4. Herb Welch

Hader’s done so many great characters on SNL it could warrant its own Top 10, but we’re particularly partial to elderly on-the-scene reporter Herb Welch. With his oversized glasses, decidedly non-PC worldview, and a penchant for hitting his interview subjects in the face with one or more microphones, the cantankerous Herb quickly turned into a go-to character for the show, his disdain for his interviewees matched only by his muttered hatred of his in-studio coworkers.